1. The Kidnapping Of Marco Novoa

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The Kidnapping Of Marco Novoa

On May 24th 2018, Marco Novoa was one of several people that were kidnapped and tortured for eight days in the city of Managua,Nicaragua. Novoa, a 26 year old American citizen born in Macon, Georgia was studying at the American University (Nicaragua) located in Managua. During this time, Novoa was known to be an "Active Participant" in the 2018 Nicaraguan protests against President Daniel Ortega. Marco stated that when he was kidnapped he was beaten by Pro-Ortega Paramilitary groups. Reports state that these groups have burned down homes, businesses and University buildings. Doctors and Churches were targeted for providing medicine and refuge to protesters. According to the Paramilitary groups these protesters were the ones creating the problems and they want to do right by their government. Therefore,Protesters were treated as criminals and terrorist. According to Novoa when he was kidnapped, Some of the methods of torture included: waterboarding, Mock execution, electric shocking with tasers and they sodomized him with a metal pole. Novoa stated they were asking him, "Where was the money coming from?". It was stated that the United States Government was funding the protesters to cause riots and havoc throughout the city. Novoa was known to gather money from the local community and churches providing aid to protesters. Marco Informed the men he had no ties with The United States Goverment. On May 31st 2018, the Paramilitary men dropped off Novoa on the side of a dirt road. ^[1] " More than 300 people have been killed since protests began in mid-April and thousands more have been wounded."^[2] Marco thinks that due to him being U.S Citizen and coming from a upper-middle class is what saved him.U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that," that they had found a wide range of human rights violations, “including extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary detentions, and denying people the right to freedom of expression.”^[3] Novoa wanted to know what the United States Government is doing about this issue. On Thursday June 5th 2018, "The Trump administration announced it will yank visas from several Nicaraguan officials it blames for the country’s response to a wave of anti-government demonstrations in which state security forces have killed dozens of people. This was the first punitive action taken by the administration as international condemnation of the government of President Daniel Ortega has grown."^[4] United States and Nicaragua have history together. "The United States is the dominant economic partner for Nicaragua, buying 51 percent of Nicaraguan exports, supplying 32 percent of its imports, providing 20 percent of investment, sending 54 percent of its remittances, and being the origin of 19 percent of its tourists, according to 2017 figures."^[5] Marco continues to advocate for his people. Protesters and Pro-Ortega groups are both fighting for what they think is right.

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